SPP is accepting applications from industry experts to serve on an independent panel reviewing the RTO’s 2018 competitive transmission construction proposals.
The panel will review, rank and score proposals for competitive projects under FERC Order 1000. The previous two panels recommended one such project — a 22.6-mile, 115-kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal in southwest Kansas. However, the project was withdrawn because of decreased load projections. (See SPP Cancels First Competitive Tx Project, Citing Falling Demand Projections.)
Interested candidates must have expertise in at least one of the following transmission-related areas:
- Engineering design;
- Project management and construction;
- Operations;
- Rate design and analysis; or
- Finance.
SPP will accept applications through Sept. 1 and choose panelists later this year based on recommendations by the RTO’s Oversight Committee, which must be approved by the Board of Directors. Selected panelists will be considered contractors and will be compensated through a monthly retainer and hourly rate.
Panelist applications, instructions and more information can be found on SPP’s website or by contacting Ben Bright, the RTO’s regulatory processes manager.
— Tom Kleckner
